Most homes already have a smart meter that digitally communicates with the electric grid. If you're looking to get rooftop solar panels, a smart meter is an essential piece of equipment. Here's why.

Rising energy costs have many homeowners looking for ways to manage their usage and lower their bills, and smart meters — which display real-time energy consumption—can be a useful tool in this effort ...

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — Over the next few years, RG&E and NYSEG will start installing smart meters in our homes, but it doesn’t come without controversy. Some people claim they’re a health hazard.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Xcel Energy has implemented new smart meters around the city. Xcel customers now have the ability to interact more with their energy usage. Brad McCloud, Area Manager ...

If you're a Bay City resident and haven't had a smart meter installed, you have about two months to schedule an appointment or risk seeing a $9 fee pop up on your monthly utility bill. The Bay City ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — RG&E’s rollout of smart meters is now well underway. If installers haven’t been in your neighborhood yet, it’s only a matter of time. But after a few years of serious billing and ...

Two thirds of householders are bamboozled by their smart electricity meter and don’t know how to use them properly, despite the rollout of more than two million of the devices at Irish homes, a new ...

The city of Springfield is continuing to replace outdated water meters across the city with smart meters. City commissioners last week approved a contract amendment with Ferguson Waterworks that ...